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HOW TO
LIGHT YOUR JACK O' LANTERN |
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Candles
and Holders
 Candles have been the age old method of
illuminating Jack O' Lanterns since, well, forever. Regular Votive candles, placed in clear glass candle holders
like the one shown to the right, are
safer, brighter and will last a lot longer than exposed candles. This
size candle is suitable for medium to large pumpkins. For small
candles you may want to use the small tea-light candles. Votive
candles and clear glass candle holders are available at most
department, hardware and art stores. If you use
candles to light your pumpkins, or for any other Halloween activity,
remember, to never leave a lit candle unsupervised. Never use a lit
candle in an artificial pumpkin.
Pumpkin Masters - A New Way To Illuminate Your Pumpkins
 Over
the years we've seen several different battery powered units meant
to illuminate your Jack O' Lantern's instead of using candles.
Pumpkin Masters has a whole line of pumpkin lights to make
your Jack O' Lanterns shine!
Safe
Pumpkin Light
A safe and fun way to light a pumpkin. Installation is easy
and it anchors to the bottom of the pumpkin. Kid's can also
use the device as a hand-held trick-or-treat safety light.
LED
Pumpkin Light
This popular battery-operated pumpkin light is improved with
three LED bulbs to give jack-o'-lantern a fun, colorful
effect. Colors rotate from blue to green to red every few
seconds.
Pumpkin
Powered Light
Magically lights up when set inside the bottom of a pumpkin!
The prongs in the bottom of the light complete the battery
circuit, illuminating 3 LED bulbs for continuously changing
color.
Check your local
department stores for these great pumpkin lights during the
Halloween season.
Glow Sticks
 Another
option for illuminating your Jack O' Lantern is to use one or more glow sticks placed inside the
pumpkin. This can actually produce an eerie effect. While this is probably the safest way to light a Jack O'
Lantern, most of the glow sticks you find for sale in stores are not very bright.
There are high intensity glow sticks, but they don't produce light
as long and are expensive. If you do use this method
you'll want to place your Jack O' Lantern in a very dark area, so
that you can see the light being emitted from the glow stick.
 Halloween
Safety
Never, ever, use an AC powered
device to light your Jack O' Lantern. Its just to dangerous,
particularly with some many safe lighting options available. Remember, any fire, no matter how small or protected
has the potential for becoming a large and potentially disastrous one. Fire safety should
always be the number one priority. Never leave a lit candle unsupervised.
Never leave children unattended with a lit pumpkin, candles or other
source of fire.
Have one or more fire
extinguishers readily available and see that everyone in your household knows how to use
them. Make sure your home has plenty of smoke detectors, that they
are properly installed and they all have fresh batteries.
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